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Locally led finance for nature: estimating finance flows to local actors for conserving and restoring nature
Publication, 12 October 2026
'Rey Zamuro' habitat bank, San Martin de los Llanos, Meta department, Colombia. Aerial view of the morichal forest in the habitat bank. It is managed by Terrasos, a Colombian-based company founded in 2013 specialising in the structuring and operation of environmental investments. In 2016, they developed their first habitat banking model in Colombia as a solution for delivering biodiversity compensation and are now expanding to issue biocredits for the voluntary market. This territory has historically been d
Two-thirds of nature finance fails to mention local communities, study suggests
… to help, new research by IIED suggests . Researchers used a keyword search technique in English, French and Spanish to scour the OECD’s …
News, 12 October 2026
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In search of shelter: the case of Hawassa, Ethiopia
… In search of shelter: the case of Hawassa, Ethiopia …
Publication, 01 January 2020
Levocatus Saidi Bujiku has been working as an artisanal miner for about two years (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Gold mining: the search for common ground
… Gold mining: the search for common ground …
Insight, 11 June 2015
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
Insight, 13 June 2012
The Collahuasi copper mine in northern Chile is a zero-discharge operation, with much of its water being recycled (Photo: Pablo Necochea, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Mining: Big progress but new challenges as sector searches for sustainability
… on MMSD +10 by adding your comment to the blog post: Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come? …
News, 06 June 2012
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Human-elephant conflict handbook: a guide to crop protection from elephant raiding
… needs, while elephants are moving ever closer to communities in search of water, damaging crops and endangering life. This handbook was …
Publication, 12 February 2025
Key words related to mining and sustainable development (Image: IIED)
Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come?
… Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come? …
Insight, 07 June 2012
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Searching for participatory approaches: findings of the Yunnan PRA Network
… 1993. Since then, a group of practitioners in Yunnan has started to search for ways of implementing participatory approaches within the …
Publication, 01 February 2000
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Civic Entrepreneurship: In Search of Sustainable Development
… Civic Entrepreneurship: In Search of Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 January 2003